Delete a Contact Reference
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference/{referenceSource} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference/{referenceSource}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));import requests
url = "https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference/{referenceSource}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)using RestSharp;
var options = new RestClientOptions("https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference/{referenceSource}");
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
var response = await client.DeleteAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine("{0}", response.Content);
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference/{referenceSource}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference/{referenceSource}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference/{referenceSource}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyconst url = 'https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference/{referenceSource}';
const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch(url, options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(json => console.log(json))
.catch(err => console.error(err));"<object>"{
"message": "Authorization has been denied for this request."
}{
"message": "You do not have permission to perform this action."
}{
"message": "Rate limit exceeded. Try again later."
}Contacts and Individuals
Delete a Contact Reference
Removes the external reference identified by the path referenceSource and the referenceId query parameter. The contact itself is not affected.
DELETE
/
api
/
ContactReference
/
{referenceSource}
Delete a Contact Reference
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference/{referenceSource} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference/{referenceSource}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));import requests
url = "https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference/{referenceSource}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)using RestSharp;
var options = new RestClientOptions("https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference/{referenceSource}");
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
var response = await client.DeleteAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine("{0}", response.Content);
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference/{referenceSource}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference/{referenceSource}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference/{referenceSource}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyconst url = 'https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference/{referenceSource}';
const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch(url, options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(json => console.log(json))
.catch(err => console.error(err));"<object>"{
"message": "Authorization has been denied for this request."
}{
"message": "You do not have permission to perform this action."
}{
"message": "Rate limit exceeded. Try again later."
}Authorizations
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Path Parameters
(Required) The reference source.
Query Parameters
(Required) The reference identifier for the contact in the reference source system.
Response
OK
The response is of type string.
Last modified on August 11, 2026
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